AtDTDA : 12 "A visitor from quite far away. . . ." 337

[Keith]

This also echoes "Sophisticated world travelers visiting the area  
were quick to identify the rude structures with those known in Persia  
as 'Towers of Silence'" [ATD, 209:24-26] Pynchon's standing  
invitation to look at things from multiple perspectives.

In the current passage, one might also imagine a view from the sky  
looking down at the scene beneath noontide's glare.

On Jul 4, 2007, at 7:18 AM, robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:

           A visitor from quite far away might
           almost have imangined two separate species having
           little to do, one with the other . . .

Of course, the line "A visitor from quite far away" applys to New  
York in
many ways, including time travel. Remember the earlier times we were
in the great city, and alternate routes of egress in use earlier in  
the Novel.


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